# Beer that other folks love that you consider vile **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 2, 2003, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-that-other-folks-love-that-you-consider-vile/216468 "2003-12-02T07:38:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-that-other-folks-love-that-you-consider-vile/216468/1 "2003-12-02T07:38:26Z")
Whilst out running errands, my very lovely and loving wife, at my request, picked up some beer this PM. Sadly, she purchased a brand of beer, by most considered a Premium, that I really don’t care for. I concealed my dissapointment, and thanked her profusely, because I do indeed appreciate the consideration on her part. The object of my scorn: Gordon Biersch Blond Bock. Sigh. I really want to like GB – it’s a local brew here – but thier brews always seem ‘off’ for me: Marzen (amber) is sweet as pancake syrup (bleah), lager is thin and gravelly, etc. I just do not like GB at all. The Blond Bock isn’t awful – a good, malty start – but it just finishes limp and bitter, a brew gone wrong. Gimme a Pale Ale or a Henry’s any day. So: what ‘craft’ beer do you despise that everyone else seems to adore? ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-that-other-folks-love-that-you-consider-vile/216468/2 "2003-12-02T08:20:19Z")
All my friends LOOOOOVVVEE Guiness. I think the stuff is vile. The commercials are hilarious, though. I like Budweiser. I’m a simple girl :Stickouttongue: ---
**Author:** ![elfje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19b73/32.png) [@elfje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfje)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-that-other-folks-love-that-you-consider-vile/216468/3 "2003-12-02T09:03:14Z")
Heineken. ugh. Gimme a belgian beer any day. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-that-other-folks-love-that-you-consider-vile/216468/4 "2003-12-02T09:03:57Z")
Carling, Miller, Heineken (but only the English-brewed version) ---
**Author:** ![elfje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19b73/32.png) [@elfje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfje)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-that-other-folks-love-that-you-consider-vile/216468/5 "2003-12-02T09:05:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by squeegee \* > \*\* I concealed my dissapointment, and thanked her profusely, because I do indeed appreciate the consideration on her part. > > \*\* well, you should let her know you really appreciate the thought, but please tell her she bought the exact wrong brand. Otherwise, chances are she’ll buy it again, next time… ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-that-other-folks-love-that-you-consider-vile/216468/6 "2003-12-02T09:21:40Z")
I concur on the Heineken – it’s just bad. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-that-other-folks-love-that-you-consider-vile/216468/7 "2003-12-02T09:28:13Z")
Heineken, Carlsberg, Holstein Pils. ---
**Author:** ![Granuaile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecccb3/32.png) [@Granuaile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Granuaile)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-that-other-folks-love-that-you-consider-vile/216468/8 "2003-12-02T10:38:17Z")
With all due respect, **torie** and I are opposites. Guinness is mothers milk and Bud is uh, well, How do they get the cat to sit on the bottle? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-that-other-folks-love-that-you-consider-vile/216468/9 "2003-12-02T10:43:17Z")
Groslch is plain nasty, IMO. Also (for the Australians), Crown Lager. It’s not exactly vile, but terribly overrated–again, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-that-other-folks-love-that-you-consider-vile/216468/10 "2003-12-02T13:57:45Z")
Any kind of Stout. Porters are just as dark, but don’t make me pucker… ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-that-other-folks-love-that-you-consider-vile/216468/11 "2003-12-02T14:14:50Z")
I can’t stand Weissbiers. Lots of people like 'em, but I think they’re vile. Way too wheaty. And pretty much all the lagers served in pubs in Ireland. I stick to Heiny, but only coz the other ones are even viler. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-that-other-folks-love-that-you-consider-vile/216468/12 "2003-12-02T14:30:23Z")
I’m not a big fan of many Belgians, especially kriek beers and lambics. But if someone else is buying … No big fan of overly spiced brews as well, whether holiday brews or a midwest standard such as Leinenkugel honey or berry weiss. A sip or 2 is more than enough. Many of the British ales and bitters I have tasted in cans with the CO2 thingy fail to impress. But I assume they would be vastly different on tap. As is just about any beer. Along the lines of Belgians, I distinguish between beers that are really tasty for 1 or 2, as opposed to ones i would want to drink all evening long. For example, Victory Moonglow Weisenbock is very complex and tasty - a wonderful beer - but a couple is enough for me. Now I could drink their Hop Devil as long as I remained vertical. So it depends on whether I am just having a beer or two, or settling in for a decent imbibing session. Now that I have gotten more familiar with various brews, the megabrews are pretty unsatisfying. Had some Mich Amber Bock over the weekend. Hard to believe that was supposed to be a bock. And the chemical aftertaste was unmistakable. As far as light beers are concerned, if I’m not drinking a real beer, I’ll drink an NA. I love this time of year, as my tastes run towards the heavier and smokier brews. Stouts, porters, barley wines… Yum! ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-that-other-folks-love-that-you-consider-vile/216468/13 "2003-12-02T14:31:59Z")
My Texan drinking buddy would kill me if he knew I was posting this, but I do _not_ get the appeal of Shiner Bock; if I wanted a completely flavorless beer, there are loads of others that are much cheaper. I’m not a big fan of Pete’s Wicked Ale, either. ---
**Author:** ![Wilhemina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/db5fbb/32.png) [@Wilhemina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilhemina)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-that-other-folks-love-that-you-consider-vile/216468/14 "2003-12-02T15:19:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Danalan \* > \*\*I concur on the Heineken – it’s just bad. \*\* I can’t stand it either. It’s the smell that gets me more than anything. Smells skunked. Bluck. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-that-other-folks-love-that-you-consider-vile/216468/15 "2003-12-02T15:20:13Z")
I’ll drink just about any beer happily, but there are a few I’ll turn down. Miller Genuine Draft tastes all wrong to my mouth. Coors Light is apparently for folks who don’t like beer. It tastes only faintly of beer. I like a lot of dark beers and ales, but Guinness tastes burnt to me. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-that-other-folks-love-that-you-consider-vile/216468/16 "2003-12-02T15:36:01Z")
Once tried a very peculiar smoked beer. Yes, smoked! Open Fermented and lagered in a smoke house, evidently with the Wurst and Schinken (it was a german beer). It, well, tasted just like you think it does. I couldn’t really appreciate it at 17. Might appreciate it now with my older and wiser tastebuds. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-that-other-folks-love-that-you-consider-vile/216468/17 "2003-12-02T15:38:58Z")
I dislike 98% of all porters and stouts. I just don’t like the flavor and consistency. I am love all the other varients though. Oh, and fruit beers and the “special winter spices added” beers are beyond disgusting. Blech. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-that-other-folks-love-that-you-consider-vile/216468/18 "2003-12-02T15:46:03Z")
The best beer I’ve ever had is Steinlager (New Zealand). ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-that-other-folks-love-that-you-consider-vile/216468/19 "2003-12-02T15:49:49Z")
Pete’s Wicked Ale comes to mind. Unless I had a bad pint, I’d have to rank it among the worst beers ever concocted. Given my druthers, I’d take a Pacifico. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Doris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Sir\_Doris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Doris)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-that-other-folks-love-that-you-consider-vile/216468/20 "2003-12-02T15:50:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*I can’t stand Weissbiers. Lots of people like 'em, but I think they’re vile. Way too wheaty. > \*\* With you all the way on that one. They taste like bubblegum to me. And I can’t understand how Boddingtons is one of the biggest selling beers in the UK. Still less when it’s so often offered alongside good beer. Same for Budweiser/Budvar. Obviously, I’m the odd one. 😕 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-that-other-folks-love-that-you-consider-vile/216468.md?page=2)